The time has come to shift our thinking and approach. We need to turn our attention to the behavior and motivations of the men and ask a different set of questions. What is going on with the men... Show More + who are committing these violent acts? Why do so many men abuse women and girls – particularly their own family members? Why is men’s violence against women such common place across countries in the world today? And how do institutions in our society perpetuate the practice of men abusing and violating women?Violence against women is closely linked to the rigid norms that define what it is to be a man. Worldwide there is a dominant model of manhood; men are taught to aspire to and judge themselves based on this ideal. Men are expected to be financially independent, become husbands and fathers, be the primary income earner for the family, be achievers in the eyes of peers, and be in control and exert authority. These salient norms of manhood are perpetuated by Show Less -